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← SOUNDEXCHANGE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUNDEXCHANGE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$95,229,752
Total expenses
$87,410,926
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$29,000
Program service revenue
$66,605,595
Investment income
$26,526,821
Other revenue
$2,097,336
Total assets, end of year
$778,089,857
Total liabilities, end of year
$694,095,030
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$83,994,827
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ROYALTY COLLECTION

    total $52,592,447 · related or exempt $52,592,447

  • 2b · Program service revenue: UNCLAIMED FUNDS

    total $10,595,779 · related or exempt $10,595,779

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BAD DEBT RECOVERY

    total $2,021,711 · related or exempt $2,021,711

  • 2d · Program service revenue: COST RECOVERY FEES

    total $1,395,658 · related or exempt $1,395,658

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26,526,821 · unrelated business $168,106 · excluded $26,358,715

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSED SVCS INCOME

    total $1,300,336 · related or exempt $1,249,527 · unrelated business $50,809

  • 11b · Other revenue: PLATFORM FEE

    total $795,000 · unrelated business $795,000

  • 11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $2,000 · unrelated business $2,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,097,336

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $29,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $4,305,786

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $30,251,882

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,347,748

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,834,597

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,468,031

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,758,960

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $302,003

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $313,931

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $715,595

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,469,348

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $394,150

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $551,780

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,928,249

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,682,977

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,391,024

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $920,585

  • 20 · Interest

    total $169,669

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,054,637

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $922,995

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $2,021,711

  • 24b · Other expenses: COST RECOVERY

    total $1,395,658

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $385,500

  • 24d · Other expenses: UBTI TAX EXPENSE

    total $6,980

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,788,130

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,165,056 · end of year $17,736,575

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $64,426,854 · end of year $71,771,964

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $164,682,274 · end of year $159,247,956

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $17,807,843 · end of year $22,147,416

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,959,656 · end of year $2,160,471

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $73,860,084

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $41,990,317

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,536,958 · end of year $31,869,767

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $480,279,595 · end of year $410,955,666

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $51,914,473 · end of year $62,200,042

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,158,290 · end of year $16,148,876

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $23,198,020 · end of year $27,691,384

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $708,171,554 · end of year $650,254,770

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $73,244,845 · end of year $83,994,827

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

SOUNDEXCHANGE IS THE PREMIER MUSIC TECH ORGANIZATION ON A MISSION TO POWER THE (SEE SCHEDULE O)

  • SOUNDEXCHANGE PROVIDES A FULL SUITE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE MUSIC INDUSTRY, SERVING LABELS, ARTISTS, PRODUCERS, AND PUBLISHERS. INDEPENDENTLY FORMED IN 2003 TO BUILD A FAIRER, SIMPLER, AND MORE EFFICIENT MUSIC INDUSTRY, SOUNDEXCHANGE COLLECTS AND DISTRIBUTES DIGITAL PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN 749,000 RECORDING ARTISTS AND SOUND RECORDING RIGHTS OWNERS AND GROWING. THROUGH PROPRIETARY MUSIC TECH SOLUTIONS, SOUNDEXCHANGE TRANSFORMS BILLIONS OF LINES OF MUSIC STREAMING DATA INTO ACCURATE AND TIMELY REVENUE, WITH 90% OF ROYALTIES PAID OUT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF RECEIPT. SOUNDEXCHANGE HAS PAID OUT MORE THAN $11 BILLION TO CREATORS SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aaron Harrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alasdair McMullan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darius Van Arman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Byrne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Duncan Crabtree-Ireland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay L Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Goldenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Glass

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Soriano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha Reeves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Hausman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mitch Glazier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Rains

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Burgess

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tino Gagliardi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victor Zaraya

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael J Huppe

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,960,417
    From this org
    $1,905,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,090
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,867,855
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $37,472
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,840
    Filer's total
    $1,960,417
  • Anjula Singh

    CFO & COO

    Total calculated
    $977,278
    From this org
    $944,352
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,926
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $736,960
    Bonus
    $180,000
    Other
    $27,392
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,676
    Filer's total
    $977,278
  • Timothy A Dadson

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $660,381
    From this org
    $607,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,068
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $525,921
    Bonus
    $77,000
    Other
    $4,392
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,818
    Filer's total
    $660,381
  • Luis F Hector Bonilla

    CTO

    Total calculated
    $707,709
    From this org
    $654,641
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,068
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $545,249
    Bonus
    $105,000
    Other
    $4,392
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,818
    Filer's total
    $707,709
  • Kathleen Strouse

    SVP, OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $525,311
    From this org
    $484,068
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,243
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $408,068
    Bonus
    $76,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,993
    Filer's total
    $525,311
  • Emily A Fulp

    SVP, EXEC. OFFICE & COMMUN

    Total calculated
    $548,220
    From this org
    $495,182
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,038
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $411,042
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    $4,140
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,788
    Filer's total
    $548,220
  • Brieanne E Jackson

    DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $461,291
    From this org
    $411,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,931
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $362,268
    Bonus
    $48,300
    Other
    $792
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,681
    Filer's total
    $461,291
  • Peter Karafotas

    SVP, GOV. REL. & CLIENT ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $492,071
    From this org
    $439,257
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,814
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $415,657
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $3,600
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,564
    Filer's total
    $492,071
  • Paul Gills

    SVP, OPS. & CLIENT ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $459,309
    From this org
    $415,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,314
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $347,279
    Bonus
    $68,188
    Other
    $528
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,064
    Filer's total
    $459,309

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J PART I, LINE 1A:
OUR POLICY IS NOT TO PROVIDE FOR FIRST CLASS TRAVEL; HOWEVER, SOME DOMESTIC AIRLINES CLASSIFY THEIR BUSINESS CLASS AS FIRST CLASS ON SHORTER FLIGHTS. IN 2024, A FEW FLIGHTS WERE CLASSIFIED UNDER FIRST CLASS OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO IS PERMITTED SPOUSAL COMPANION TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT FOR REASONABLE TRAVEL COSTS ANNUALLY. WHERE APPLICABLE, FIRST CLASS TRAVEL AND SPOUSAL COMPANION TRAVEL WAS INCLUDED AS A TAXABLE BENEFIT, AND THE TAX ON THESE AMOUNTS WERE GROSSED UP FOR EMPLOYEES. WHERE APPLICABLE, THE TAX ON SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY IS GROSSED UP FOR EMPLOYEES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • SOUNDEXCHANGE ENTERPRISES INC

    C · VAR MUSIC ADM SVC · DE · 100% owned · share of income $236,216 · share of assets $31,560,514 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SOUNDEXCHANGE

  • SX WORKS LLC

    C · SEE PART VII · DE · 100% owned · share of income $455,263 · share of assets $27,044,453 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SX ENTERPRISES

  • CMRRA LTD

    C · SEE PART VII · CA · 100% owned · share of income $15,456,086 · share of assets $110,834,207 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SX WORKS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513189349304896

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